U.S. District Judge Mark Mastroianni on Friday signed off on a $6.5 million legal settlement between the parent company of the Price Chopper supermarket chain and roughly 1,400 past and present employees who had sued for unpaid overtime.

Lawyers for Price Chopper and Schenectady-based parent company Golub Corp. reached the settlement last year but the judge couldn't sign off on the agreement until a fairness hearing was held in January in Springfield, Mass.

The average payout will be $3,177, with the lawyers getting $2.1 million.